Final post for Pre-liminary task

I now feel that i have completed the task of producing the front page of a college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid out text and a masthead. Also produce a mock-up contents page. I am proud of what i have done and I have learnt a lot along the way including how to use a blog. My final pieces are:

Next I am going to make a music magazine consisting of a front cover, contents page and two page spread. I hope to do well in this next task and I will start off by doing research.

Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?



Front covers

Student ID is a real magazine whereas Impact is my magazine. They both have Mastheads, Cover lines and Graphics. These are some of the main things that are needed on any magazine cover. Also they both show a price, date and bar code which is needed to sell the product. However I think my magazine is quite plain and simple compared to the other one.

Contents page

I think that my contents page is quite similar to the ones i analysed as it has a list of the pages and page numbers. However i feel that it is different as it has a letter from the editor and it is set out in my own individual way.

How does your media product represent particular social groups? and Who would be the audience for your media product?

I have based my magazine on people aged 16-18 years old. I have also tried to make it for both males and females. Students are more likely to pick this up as it relates to their everyday life through the ideas of fashion, exams and relationships. The main cover line ' Stress! Too much! ' will make people think and will hopefully encourage people to read on. Also the photos feature students and people of a similar age to the reader. The magazine has been designed by the help of the feedback from the questionnaire so it done how people had suggested.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I think the college would distribute my magazine as it relates to college life.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have used Publisher to create my front cover and contents page. This was a good programme to use as it allowed me to set my work out on an A4 page and move it around. I used Paint to edit the photos and to add more colour to the pages. I also used a digital camera for taking my photo. This worked well as it enabled me to take my own photos and to see them will doing the photo shoot.

Weekly review

This week i have completed both the front cover and contents page. I'm pleased with both pieces and with the feedback i have got. I just have to evaluate my work.

Contents page

Please comment!

This is my contents page it links to the front page as it carries on the idea of the brick wall and it covers the same issues and more. It features a letter from the editor and a front cover. Down the middle it has a list of all the pages and their page numbers. It covers lots of issues including stress, revision help, fashion, financial problems and life stories. On the right hand side there are many photos that link to the different pages.